Diving Physiology and Energy Requirements of Free Ranging Southern Elephant Seals

• Other Authors: HINDELL, MARK A. (hasPrincipalInvestigator), HINDELL, MARK A. (processor), Australian Antarctic Data Centre (publisher)
• Format: Dataset
• Language: unknown
• Published: Australian Antarctic Data Centre
• Subjects: biota; oceans; MAMMALS; EARTH SCIENCE; BIOLOGICAL CLASSIFICATION; ANIMALS/VERTEBRATES; CONSUMPTION RATES; BIOSPHERE; ECOLOGICAL DYNAMICS; ECOSYSTEM FUNCTIONS; SEALS/SEA LIONS/WALRUSES; CARNIVORES; DIVING PHYSIOLOGY; ELEPHANT SEALS; SOUTHERN ELEPHANT SEALS; OCEAN > SOUTHERN OCEAN; SOUTHERN OCEAN > MACQUARIE ISLAND; GEOGRAPHIC REGION > POLAR; Southern Ocean; Elephant Seals; Macquarie Island; Southern Elephant Seals; walrus*
• Online Access: https://researchdata.ands.org.au/diving-physiology-energy-elephant-seals/700255; https://doi.org/10.4225/15/582bde0830775; https://data.aad.gov.au/metadata/records/ASAC_589; http://nla.gov.au/nla.party-617536

Southern elephant seals are among the deepest diving of all marine mammals. This study examined physiological and behavioural mechanisms used by the seals to conserve energy while diving and estimated metabolic rate. Data were collected on Time Depth Recorders (TDRs), and stored in hexadecimal format. Hexadecimal files can be read using 'Instrument Helper', a free download from Wildlife Computers (see the provided URL).